FAL, I invite you to explain yourself further. You're saying that *none* of the military men and women who participate(d) in Iraq and Afghanistan should be allowed to be law enforcement officials.
I'm assuming that your definition of "none" includes the lawyers, the paralegals, the doctors, the x-ray technicians, the contracting officers/representatives, the public affairs representatives, the fuels technicians, the mechanics, the admin clerks, the computer technicians, the radio maintenance technicians, the airfield systems technicians, etc., etc. - "none" of these, if they so choose to pursue a career in law enforcement, should be allowed to follow that pursuit?
Your claim has already been proven to be false (go back a couple of months to our exchanges with you about police who are guilty of committing brutality being prior military; you couldn't prove that claim then, and you still can't).
Your claim also fails the historical test; i.e., WWI, WWII, the Korean War, the Viet Nam War, Bosnia/Kosovo, Desert Shield/Desert Storm -- and yes, even Iraq & Afghanistan. Out of all these conflicts, how many returning military chose to become law enforcement officials, and subsequently were found guilty of the things you're afraid of? The number is so miniscule that you can't find any reports, studies, etc. that support you.
You know that you're not the first to spout this kind of nonsense, don't you? There were people just like you, spouting the same kind of warning, after each of the conflicts I previously mentioned. And we see how that turned out, don't we?
And yet, you continue to deride the military, and continue to shout your fear of them to the world. Because that's the only thing I can conclude it is: Fear. Mainly fear of the unknown, because you've proven over and over that you don't actually understand the military, or know anything about it.
You're welcome to your opinion, even if it's been proven to be wrong over and over, and thus, you're just being intellectually dishonest with yourself. And guess what? As long as I'm still in the military, I'll continue to fight to defend the Constitution and your right to have, and publicly profess, that opinion. And no, I don't expect you to ever thank me for it. Or EWF, or Tom Cassidy, or the1bill, or Salty, or Sapper Woody, or any of the other dozens on this board who have served in uniform--and sacrificed--so that you can have that right, and continue to publicly profess your ignorant, factless opinion.
You are guilty of the folly described in Proverbs 26:5; you are wise in your own conceit. The only reason I continue to respond to your folly is to ensure that others see that there is a disagreement with what you espouse, to provide them the facts of the matter, so that they don't inadvertantly conclude you're actually correct in your opinion because they don't see anyone disagreeing with it.
